Lawless told Stuff that she has devised a way to resurrect her character - who was killed and decapitated in the show's final episode.

"In my dreams, [we] would come back and basically stick Xena's head back on her and go on a quest," she said. "At the end you introduce this new Warrior Princess, hand it over and let them run with it.

"So we could put the family back together, give the fans what they want, reinvigorate the brand and hand it on to a new generation."

Lawless added that fans had been "devastated" by the events of the Xena finale when it aired in 2001.

"We thought we were telling a strong storyline and it was hilarious, but it broke their hearts," she admitted.

Xena: Warrior Princess - a spinoff from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - began in September 1995 and ran for six seasons.